F0 tornado — Coweta County, Georgia

F0 tornado in Coweta County, Georgia

Tornado May 7, 2003 · Coweta County, Georgia

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$500

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

An off duty Peachtree City, Georgia National Weather Service employee, along with a survey done by another employee of the National Weather Service Office in Peachtree City, Georgia, and numerous articles and pictures from the Newnan Times Herald, as well as eyewitness accounts from the public, indicated that an F0 tornado touched down very briefly in extreme southwest Coweta county near Powers Crossroads. This was a continuation of the tornado that touched down in Heard county near Whispering Pines. Damage was limited to just a couple of downed trees in the area. National Weather Service doppler radar clearly indicated a tornadic signature in the area. Damage attributable to the tornado was generally limited to several downed trees.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5362344. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F0 tornado in Coweta County, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

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